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AbB 01, 060 (P509374)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 01, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509374 |
| Museum no. | BM 013174 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na# i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am | to Ilī-iqišam |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2#-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma# _dingir#_ x ZI# x [...]-ma# | Thus the god ... ... |
| 4 | {d}utu# u3# {d#}amar#-utu# da-ri-isz# _u4_-[mi] | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li#-ba#-al#-li-t,u2#-[ka] | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | lu sza#-al#-ma#-ta lu ba-al#-[...] | Be it pure, be it unclean |
| 7 | _dub_-pi2 a-na nu-un-na-tum | a tablet to Nūnatum |
| 8 | asz-szum _siki_ uq-ni-a-ti ta-ak-la-tim | Concerning the wool of the uqnītu-festival, the taklākum offerings |
| 9 | sza 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza-mi-im-ma szu-bu-lim# | of 1 shekel of silver, šammumma, Šubulum |
| 10 | usz-ta-bi-la-asz-szu | I have sent to him. |
| 11 | _siki_ uq-ni-a-ti ta-ak-la-tim | the wool of the uqnītu-festival, the taklākum offerings |
| 12 | sza 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ li-sza-ma-ak-kum-ma | that 1 shekel of silver may he pay to you, and |
| 13 | li-qi2-a-am | may he take. |
| 14 | u3 asz-szum 2(disz) a-za-mi-il-la-tim | and concerning the two Azamilatum |
| 15 | i-na _ka2 |KI.LAM|_ sza-mi-im-ma | at the same gate |
| 16 | le-qe2-e-em u2-na-hi-i-id-ka | Take (it) and give it to me! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 2(disz) a-za-mi-il-la-tim | 2 Azamilatum |
| 2 | dam-qa2-tim sza-ma-am-ma li-qi2-a-am | May he give me good fortune. |
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